مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٦٤٨ - BIRTH CONTROL AND ABORTION

purchase a ticket from the company to participate in the draw, and as a result of the draw he wins a prize on that ticket, the transaction is unlawful, because itamounts to interest bearing loan.

VOW
٢٩١٤. The position with regard to the persons who in respect of their vow place some amount of money by the side of a pulpit or in a charity box without pronouncing the legal formula is as follows:
(i) The person who dedicates some money in accordance with his vow should declare himself that it should be spent on any charitable deed or for some special purpose.
(ii) The person who holds charge of the pulpit or of the box should mention before or after the payment of the money that it will be spend on any charitable deed or for some special purpose and the person dedicating it should express his sanction to it or remain quiet. (iii) A person may dedicate some amount of money to anyone of the Imams or to Hazrat Abbas without pronouncing the legal formula or may drop money in a box maintained in their names without making any intention and may authorize the person who appropriates the money to spend it in the manner he likes, or to settle the mode of its disposal later.
(iv) A person may place a wreath on the Alam (standard) without pronouncing the legal formula and may later permit the person appropriating it to utilize the same in connection with meetings held to mourn the death of the martyrs. All the deeds mentioned in the above cases are lawful.

BIRTH CONTROL AND ABORTION
٢٩١٥. It is permissible for a woman to use such contraceptives as are not very harmful, though her husband may not agree to